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Explore surrogacy, egg donation, and IVF with Nazca Fontes, founder of ConceiveAbilities Egg Donor & Surrogacy Agency. Through honest conversations, expert insight, and deeply personal stories, this podcast offers an inside look at what it truly means to build a family through third-party reproduction.
Hear from women who choose to become gestational surrogates, intended parents navigating the emotional path to parenthood, and fertility, postpartum, and surrogacy professionals who help guide every step of the process.
From the first decision to become a surrogate and how matching works, to pregnancy, postpartum recovery, fourth-trimester support, and the breastfeeding and pumping journey after birth, we explore what surrogacy is really like—the heart, the hope, and the realities behind modern family building.
Whether you’re considering becoming a surrogate, exploring surrogacy to grow your family, or simply curious about how it all works, this podcast is here to inform, empower, and remind you that you’re not alone.
Learn how to become a surrogate or build your family through surrogacy at ConceiveAbilities.com.
Episodes
Aug 6, 2021
Aug 6, 2021
39 min
Leading OB-Gyn doctor, Dr. Aasta Mehta, joined us to talk about the importance of the postpartum Fourth Trimester. Dr. Mehta co-authored an article titled the Fourth Trimester: 12 Weeks Is Not Enough. She’s the Medical Officer of Women's Health for the Philadelphia Department of Health, practicing OB/GYN in Philadelphia and holds a Masters in Public Policy. Listen as she shares her passion for partum care and the importance of recovery after birth.
Learn more about becoming a surrogate and our All-In Surrogate Compensation and Care Package with ConceiveAbilities Surrogacy and Egg Donor Agency!
Mar 9, 2021
Mar 9, 2021
35 min
One of the most important relationships a woman has in her life is her relationship with her OB/Gyn doctor. We have hopeful and silly conversations as well as tough and scary conversations with our doctors. When a woman is deciding to become a surrogate, she looks to her trusted obstetrician for their guidance and expert advice.
Dr. Heather Carlson with the Mankato clinic as cared for surrogates and delivered many surro-babies in her 15 years servicing her community. Nazca Fontes, founder of ConceiveAbilities, interviewed Dr. Carlson on our new show All Things Conceivable: A Surrogacy Podcast to talk about her expert experience caring for her surrogate patients and busting surrogacy myths.
Learn more about becoming a surrogate with ConceiveAbilities Surrogacy and Egg Donor Agency!
Feb 26, 2021
Feb 26, 2021
41 min
Host Nazca Fontes sits down with sisters Jessie and Maggie, two women who have both chosen the extraordinary path of becoming gestational surrogates with ConceiveAbilities. Jessie shares lessons from completing two surrogacy journeys, while Maggie reflects on starting her first—covering motivations, timing, relationships with intended parents, and the unforgettable emotional moments of delivery.
This episode highlights what it means to be a gestational carrier, the sacrifices and logistics involved, and the powerful bond between sisters who share the gift of helping families grow. Listeners will be inspired by the unique sisterhood that makes these life-changing journeys possible.
Inspired by Maggie and Jessica's story? Learn more about becoming a surrogate today.
Feb 12, 2021
Feb 12, 2021
30 min
Pioneering New York fertility expert Dr. James Grifo, director of NYU Langone Fertility Center joins the show to break down New York’s law legalizing compensated gestational surrogacy and what it means for intended parents, surrogates, clinics, and agencies.
He also discusses the legal protections now in place, why this shift matters for family building, and how advances like single embryo transfer and genetic testing are helping improve safety and outcomes in surrogacy.
Ready to start your journey? Learn more about building a family through surrogacy and becoming a surrogate in New York at ConceiveAbilities!
Jan 29, 2021
Jan 29, 2021
35 min
Nazca Fontes talks with Joseph Tito,, a Toronto-based director and founder of The Dad Diaries, about his journey from a globe-trotting professional to a single gay dad of twin girls through surrogacy. Joseph shares the highs and lows of five embryo transfers, a breakup, agency challenges, and the crucial support of his parents.
He reflects on surrogacy lessons learned—choosing the right agency, building a village of support, and learning to let go—and how documenting his experience has turned him into an advocate for LGBTQ family building.
Listen as Joseph shares his amazing surrogacy journey as a gay single dad and, now, his parenting adventures raising twin daughters.
If you’re dreaming of starting your own family, ConceiveAbilities is proud to be an LGBTQ+ friendly agency—and we’d love to help you make that dream a reality. Your family story is waiting to begin, and we’re here to walk with you every step of the way. Start your path to parenthood today.
Dec 11, 2020
Dec 11, 2020
34 min
Fertility Specialist Dr. Marie Werner from RMA New Jersey, one of the few IVF clinics anywhere in the country that never closed this year, breaks down a truly complete and thoughtful view of what you need to know about surrogacy in the time of COVID-19, and in the years to come.
Learn more about surrogacy at ConceiveAbilities
Dec 9, 2020
Dec 9, 2020
49 min
Andrea Syrtash, nationally recognized relationship expert, author and founder of infertility blog Pregnantish takes us on her emotional 10-year journey to become a parent, how infertility affected her marriage, and how the decision to use a surrogate changed her life.
Learn more about surrogacy at ConceiveAbilities